SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 One Strategy for Enterprise BI. February Updated with BI4.1 SP05

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1 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 One Strategy for Enterprise BI February Updated with BI4.1 SP05 e only with Use this title slid an image

2 Legal Disclaimer The information in this presentation is confidential and proprietary to SAP and may not be disclosed without the permission of SAP. This presentation is not subject to your license agreement or any other service or subscription agreement with SAP. SAP has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments, products and or platforms directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. This document is for informational purposes and may not be incorporated into a contract. SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document, except if such damages were caused by SAP s willful misconduct or gross negligence. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forwardlooking statements, which speak only as of their dates, and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. 2

3 About this presentation Target audience Intended to be a mid-level product overview of what is new in 4.1 Assumes working knowledge of BI 4.0 suite and features Scope of the presentation Mid-level feature overview of what is new in 4.1 For more detailed information and features in each area, refer to: What s New in 4.0 (Includes what s new in SP1, SP2, FP3, SP4 and SP5) Product Road Map documents This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. 3

4 SAP s Strategic Focus on Business Intelligence Core Self-service Mobile Extreme Social Core for innovation Complete BI suite Use by IT and departments Fast time to value First experience for BI Content to point of impact Big data Real time Predictive Ability to capture the decision Information in context Continued leadership Connection to the enterprise Expansion to untapped users Ability to leverage the network One Strategy for Enterprise BI 4

7 One Suite for All Insight Unified and Highly Personalized Powerful Visualizations Faster More Accurate Decisions Improved interoperability and usability across the BI suite Deliver engaging information to users when and where they need it Create custom experiences with embedded analytic extensions Monitor your business with specialized charting and geospatial analytics Empower end users with industry focused visualizations and spatial analytics Detect outliers and discover areas to optimize your business Create and consume BI content from any mobile device Empower teams to deliver collaborative decisions Simplified deployment to accelerate time to value 7

9 One Place for All Information Big Data Ready Scale and Power Speed to Deliver Support for Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Hadoop Hive, Cloudera Improved access to Oracle Exadata, Oracle OLAP and Oracle Essbase Enhanced workflow capabilities in conjunction with SAP HANA and BW Immediate response time regardless of data volume Improved usability to build pervasive BI applications Integrate with SAP monitoring, lifecycle management, search, and user management Enhanced design experience with new creation wizard and integrated data federation Automated universe deployment and lifecycle management Improved WebI report design performance against BW 9

11 One Standard for Enterprise BI Platform Quality Focused of Ecosystem small to large small to large organization, individuals, teams, or department enhance decision making capability and productivity Non-disruptive production delivery and information governance across the organization Simplified architecture for increased IT responsiveness shortened time to value 11

12 Analytics Solutions from SAP One Suite for All Insight Build Engaging Experiences Track key performance indicators and summary data Track key performance indicators and summary data Build custom experiences so users get what they need quickly Dashboards and Apps Agile Visualization Reporting Discover. Predict. Create. Adapt data to business needs Tell Adapt your data story business with beautiful needs visualizations Tell your story with beautiful visualizations Distribute Information organization Answer related questions by interacting with pre-defined reports pre-defined Build printable reports reports for operational efficiency Build printable reports for operational efficiency 12

13 Agile Visualization Discover. Predict. Create. Agility for business analysts and business users Discover trends, outliers and areas of interest in your business Adapt to business scenarios by combining, manipulating, and enriching data Tell your story with self-service visualizations and analytics Forecast and predict future outcomes Portfolio SAP Lumira SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Analysis SAP Predictive Analysis* *SAP Predictive Analysis details are part of Advanced Analytics 13

14 Dashboards and Apps Build Engaging Experiences Build engaging, visual dashboards Powerful environment to build interactive and visually appealing analytics Rich set of controls: buttons, list boxes, drop-down, crosstabs, charts Portfolio SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise) software Use custom code to extend and build workflows 14

15 Reporting Share Information High productivity design for report designers Quickly build formatted reports on any data source Securely distribute reports both internally and externally Portfolio SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP Crystal Reports Minimize IT support costs by empowering end users to easily create and modify their own reports Enhance custom applications with embedded reports 15

16 SAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions Tuned for Key Use Cases Professionally Authored Where there is a significant complexity to the BI content Standardized formats, sophisticated design, complex data mashups, or high levels of governance. Separates the creation environment from the consumption environment. Professionally Authored Agile Visualization Dashboards and Apps Self Service Reporting Self Service Not a product, but a way of working with software Business user, analyst, or executive answering their own questions Mobile or web based self service Combines the creation and consumption environment into a single seamless experience 16

17 BI Platform Professional Grade Mobile Devices Browsers On Demand Services Embedded Content MS Office Enterprise Portals Agile Visualization Dashboards and Apps Reporting Business Intelligence Platform Universe Semantic Layer ERP EDW Oracle, IBM DB2, SAP HANA platform SAP Business Suite SAP NetWeaver BW Microsoft SQL Server Oracle E-Business Suite TeraData and other relational data PeopleSoft Other data warehouses sources JD Edwards MS Excel Unstructured data in Social Media and Hadoop Essbase Microsoft AS Oracle OLAP 17

18 SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 What s different about this release? 4.1 First point release of SAP s market leading Business Intelligence Suite Focus on quality and innovation deserving of a professional grade BI platform Core stability and capability improvements from new innovations to incremental product advances from 4.0 to reintroduced features from XI3 All existing XI R2 and XI3 customers can migrate to this newest platform of SAP s BI Suite New capabilities around selfservice, dashboarding and mobile BI Support of both net new and updated platforms 18

19 Features by product areas SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Core BI platform Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI (BI launch pad) BI Workspaces Semantic Layer SAP BusinessObjects BI client tools delivered with BI 4.1 SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP Business Objects Dashboards SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects BI clients supported by BI 4.1 SAP Lumira Desktop SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 1.x and 2.x SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio up to version 1.4 SAP Business Objects Mobile BI 6.x SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence 3.1 SP6 FP6.1 19

20 BI 4.1 Suite Install Packages (Platform and Clients) Available as a full install and update install Full install: can be used for first time installation or side-by-side installation Update install: can be applied on existing 4.x environments First time installs can done using the BI 4.1 full install package Existing deployments: Supported upgrade scenarios (upgrading from previous major version [XI R2 or XI R3]) Full install package Supported update scenarios (updating from current major version [BI 4.x]) Update install package 20

21 BI 4.1 Supported Upgrade Scenarios From XIR 2 and XI 3 Direct upgrade path from XIR2 SP2 and XI 3.1 to BI4.1 SP5 Separate Environments (recommended) Install BI 4.1 SP5 [Full install package] on a separate server Use Upgrade Management tool to upgrade content to BI 4.1 SP5 Side-by-Side Install BI 4.1 SP5 [Full install package] can be installed on the BOEXIR2 SP2 or BOE3.x Server, provided: Server OS is 64-bit, and Meets BI 4.1 install prerequisites From BI 4.x to BI 4.1 SP5 In place update install package (recommended) Update BI 4.0 deployment (overwrites binaries) Separate Environments Install BI 4.1 [Full install package] on a separate server Run Promotion Management Command Line for Full system Promotion 21

22 BI platform Core BI platform Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI (BI launch pad) BI Workspaces Semantic Layer

23 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Core BI platform (1/3) Lower Total Cost of Ownership through BI Platform Administration Improvements System Configuration Wizard Simple workflow to accomplish initial server configuration of the BI system Command line facility to enable programmatic configuration Upgrade Management Tool enhancements Enhanced service dependency checking prior to upgrade Simplified process to migrate 3rd party authentication type (AD, LDAP, SAP) users, eliminating the need to remap user groups on target system Multitenancy Recording tenant ID in auditing data Ability to restrict concurrent logon session per tenant Multitenant provisioning tool enhancement to support unx universe Single sign-on to HANA Enable single sign-on from BI client tools to HANA via SAML 23

24 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Core BI platform (2/3) Supportability Ability to trigger Java server thread-dump from Solution Manager Improved visibility to server status in case of error Error message improvements Software version is represented consistently and easily observable RESTful Web services Single sign-on with Active Directory authentication or Trusted authentication JSON format support Promotion Management New support for Desktop Intelligence, Information Steward, Analysis OLAP Security Improvements: Strengthened password security, SSL Support for CTS+, Remove excessive logon sessions, HTTPS Support for Subversion in Version Management New limit for webui promotion within the 20 min time-out, can promote over 1000 objects at a time Use Command Line Interface (CLI) for handling over 1000 objects 24

25 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Core BI platform (2/3) User Management Terminate User Session Localization Right to Left Support (including Hebrew) BI Portfolio Integration SAP Lumira Server Integration Govern Lumira Desktop Scheduling of Analysis Office Objects 25

26 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Self-service access to SAP BusinessObjects BI (BI launch pad) Make better decisions as a team by sharing opinions and information about BI content Collaboration enhancements Ability to collaborate on document instance Ability to collaborate while viewing BI document in the viewer New security right to manage who can collaborate on the BI content Collaboration service powered by SAP Streamwork or SAP Jam Document upload workflow enhancement Ability to replace existing document when uploading 3rd party documents 26

27 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform BI Workspaces Streamlined information consumption by centralizing and personalizing regularly accessed information and analytics needed for daily work activities BI Workspaces Adding support for background image and/or color Adding support for Explorer documents 27

28 SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Semantic Layer Enhanced support for SAP data sources Improved BW access performance for client design time Direct access to HANA views (transient MDX universe, Crystal Reports for Enterprise only) Consume HANA features (variables, input parameters, hierarchies, units of measures) Automatic generation of universe on one or multiple HANA views with dynamic choice of the best view at runtime Improved access to ERP (optional parameters and enhanced automatic universe generation) New and updated agnostic sources i.e. Teradata 14, Oracle Exadata, Hadoop on Amazon EMR, odata, XML, Cloudera Important Information Design Tool (IDT) improvements Data federation in IDT: support for federated tables / multi source universes Improved user experience Semantic layer SDKs Extended version of the SL authoring SDK (includes universe creation) 28

29 BI clients delivered with BI 4.1 SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence SAP BusinessObjects Explorer SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP

30 SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise Streamline Report Design Introducing more efficient workflows and features focused on reducing time to create and format reports Freehand SQL command object Customize the SQL to optimize the query to relational data sources Verify database options Ensure the report query reflects the modifications to the underlying data source User Experience Prompt Reordering Manual BW Prompt Entering 30

31 SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise Data Sources Enhanced performance and reliability is provided in BI 4.1 when accessing BEx queries through Crystal Reports Enhanced SAP BW integration Persist variable values in query panel and consume in HTML viewer Level selection for BW Hierarchy Variable Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy Variable Variable selection before query panel display Toggle between technical name vs. member caption for BW variables Enhanced SAP ECC support Support SAP ECC s optional parameters with no default value when access through an authored universe Enhanced SAP HANA support Authored relational universe Direct OLAP access to Analytic and Calculated views including hierarchies and variables Direct access through JDBC and ODBC Support for JDBC SSL Authored universe support for XML and OData 31

32 SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise Mobile, Viewers and OEM Other enhancements Chunking list of values in HTML viewer Default view action in BI launch pad Right to Left Support OEM/Developer Allow application developers to use OpenDoc API with very long URL Support for OpenDoc POST request HANA integration Run Crystal Reports Natively on HANA 32

33 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Developer Support Provide RESTful Web services API and UI customization options RESTful Web services additional APIs Consumption workflows of Web Intelligence document Data sources and data providers workflows Document authoring workflows Scheduling workflows UI customization Personalized Web Intelligence clients Customization per user group in CMC Customization per folder in CMC Customization of UI elements and actions 33

34 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Core enhancement (1) Enhanced user experience in reporting capabilities Freeze Header Keep table rows or columns visible while scrolling User defined number of first rows or columns to freeze Custom color palettes and color assignment Creation and edition of custom palettes to manage chart coloring Color assignment improvements Measure delegation Auto-refresh option at server & document level Reduce #unavailable by delegating measure calculation when given against a simple formula Merged Objects Can add/remove object to a merged object Allow merged objects with hierarchy 34

35 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Core enhancement (2) Enhanced user experience in reporting capabilities Usability enhancements Report header/footer properties re-organization Fold/unfold on table in reading mode in HTML List of value (LOV) selector in formula editor Single query execution in query panel Input Controls All Values option Duplication enabled Multi-Selection Freehand SQL Convert FHSQL Desktop Intelligence Documents Refresh converted FHSQL DeskI Create or Remove FHSQL DP via extension point Support function 35

36 SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Data source support enhancements Enhanced workflow for HANA, BW and others data sources Enhanced SAP BW integration Level selection for BW Hierarchy Node Variable Level selection based on relative depth for BW Hierarchy Variable Variable selection before query panel display Set default level for Hierarchy Expansion Manual Prompt Entry Enhancements for HANA support Query stripping Enhancements for other sources through universes Support ERP optional parameters with no default value OLAP connection overload Query stripping See for more details on what s new in Web Intelligence

37 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Explorer 4.1 allows user to create Information Space on top of both universes UNV + UNX. 37

38 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Optimizations Explorer improved workflows: Free Facets You now have the ability to define if you would like to enable Optimization for an Information space In that case, opening an exploration becomes instantaneous Real Time Datasources (HANA) Better understand when data has been refreshed User can force the refresh to retrieve the last minutes updates 38

39 SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Tool for Manage Space Administrator: change data source Explorer now offers a tool to help Manage Space administrator: Change Datasource: Change the original datasource to a production or another more up-to-date datasource Keep your Information Space definition Keep all eviews relying on your Information Space 39

40 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards General information Please navigate to the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile section of this presentation for details on the enhancements to Dashboards for mobile consumption Please refer to the Choosing the Right SAP BusinessObjects BI Client presentation for more information about when to use SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards and when to use SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio for a dashboarding project 40

41 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Download online dashboards for offline sharing on desktop Offline support for flash dashboards In Designer, turn on offline support by checking "Allow This Dashboard to be Used Offline" During runtime, right click on Dashboards, and click "Download dashboard with current data to local" 41

42 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Dynamic Positioning of Components Support binding x, y position of components in Text, Containers, Web/ Universe Connectivity, Art and Backgrounds categories Support binding width, height of components in Art and Backgrounds category 42

43 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Accessibility Support assistive technology Run dashboard (flash) and navigation among controls with keyboard Keyboard navigation can be made among below components Buttons (Query Refresh /Connection Refresh/Push/Toggle/URL/Print/Reset) Combo box Scorecard Text input 43

44 SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards Ux harmonization Charts name change for suite consolidation Combination Chart -> Column Line Chart Bubble Chart -> Bubble Plot XY Chart -> Scatter Plot 44

45 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP Enhanced SAP BW integration Enhanced Prompt Dialog to allow easy processing of large numbers of prompts Added support for consuming and creating SAP BW variants Prompt Merging Manual entry of Prompt Values Report-Report Interface Visualize Conditional Formatting defined in the BEx Query Enhanced Conditional Formatting options Enhanced OpenDocument with support for passing in SAP BW prompt values Conditional Formatting in Analysis Sharing Export to Design Studio for mobile device rendering Empower business analysts to share their data via mini applications Export to Design Studio This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. 45

46 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP Expanding the Market Oracle Essbase 11 Oracle OLAP Enhanced HANA integration Support for Hierarchies Support for Prompts Simplify and Expand Analysis Custom Grouping for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and Oracle Essbase Filter by Measure for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and Oracle Essbase Expand to Level Waterfall Charts in Analysis Waterfall Charts Multilingual Support Custom Hierarchies with Custom Grouping This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. 46

47 Right-to-Left Support SAP BusinessObjects BI platform and SAP BusinessObjects client tools SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Web Intelligence Rich Internet Application Web Intelligence Rich Client SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for OLAP SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Crystal Reports 2013 HTML viewer BI Launch pad BI Workspaces View mode SAP BusinessObjects BI Mobile o Mirrored user interface o Bi-directional text support o Right-to-left rendering o Mirrored user interface o Bi-directional text support o Right-to-left support within the current ios framework o Right-to-left objects rendered right to left o UI string Arabic translation o UI string right alignment o Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports content support 47

48 Integration of BI Suite with SAP NetWeaver BW & SAP ERP Design time performance Performance improvement in the design time user experience for reporting on top of SAP NetWeaver BW in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Web Intelligence Prompting Merge prompts from multiple SAP NetWeaver BW queries into one prompt list so prompt values are entered once in Analysis OLAP Variable Variants Save and use public and private stored prompt values collection in Analysis OLAP and Design Studio Scheduling and publications Broadcast and publish of Analysis Office workbooks via the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform 48

49 BI clients supported by BI 4.1 SAP Lumira SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for MSFT Office SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio SAP Business Objects Mobile BI SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence

50 SAP Lumira 1.22 (1) Acquire data SAP Lumira empowers business users to instantly access, combine, and transform data Personal, corporate, and custom data Microsoft Excel, CSV, Text files, web data SAP HANA, SAP Universe, SAP BW, Query with SQL Add custom data through extension Big data, big insights Amazon EMR Hive Apache Hive Cloudera Impala Lumira Cloud Create new dataset from Microsoft Excel and CSV Connect to on-premise data via HANA Cloud Integration (HCI) Schedule data refresh using SAP Lumira Agent 50

51 SAP Lumira 1.22 (2) Prepare data Cleanse, combine, and enrich data without the help of IT Transform data Duplicate, hide, split, remove, rename columns Edit or replace values, add or trim text, convert case Enrich data Create groups, measures, calculated dimensions, calculated measures, numeric ranges as dimensions Define time, geography, and custom hierarchies Gain additional insights Merge or append other data Analyze associated data in facet view Create new datasets from existing visualizations 51

52 SAP Lumira 1.22 (3) Visualization support Visualize data with drag-and-drop interface. Create, use, and personalize custom charts using extensions Powerful visualizations Rich library of charts, trellis, and tables Conditional formatting on table SDK for custom visualizations and extensions based on D3 Geospatial analytics Geo bubble, choropleth, pie charts Esri ArcGIS Online base maps with choropleth, bubble, marker layers and clustering Grey, topographic, satellite, and streets views of Esri maps Interactive user experience Drag-and-drop chart creation Animate data movements Easily copy, re-order, , print visualizations 52

53 SAP Lumira 1.22 (4) Explore and discover new insights Find answers to your questions, new insights and what is influencing your performance Business agility Explore from desktop, server, cloud, and mobile Easily add calculations, apply filters, sort or rank data Drill down and filter from the story Visual discoveries Automatically discover related visualizations Discover dimensions that influence the performance Adaptable user interface Explore data in list or facet view Collapse or expand panels for optimal working area Move chart feeder position to left or right 53

54 SAP Lumira 1.22 (5) Build beautiful and engaging stories Create interactive stories and link related contents Instantly create stories Drag-and-drop interface to create composite storyboards More layout templates to get you started right away Free form or snap to grid lines Powerful infographics Visually engage audience with info charts, images, and pictograms Wide range of customization options Dynamic stories Explore with input controls, filters, and drill down option Embed hyperlinks to text, images, pictograms, and shapes Add links to jump to another page or story 54

55 SAP Lumira 1.22 (6) Share your insights Share your datasets and stories to platform of your choice and form collective insights Share with others Publish to trusted SAP platforms of your choice* Export stories to Adobe PDF for sharing and printing Embed stories into web pages via URL Visualize, annotate and share insights from tablet Bring insights together Link stories with web sites and SAP BI resources Consolidate access to important day-to-day information using SAP Fiori Jump from SAP Smart Business KPI tiles to Lumira * SAP Lumira Server, SAP Lumira Cloud, SAP BusinessObjects BI, SAP Lumira, Edge (standalone) 55

56 SAP Lumira 1.22 (7) Trusted platform Lumira makes it easy for IT to govern the use of SAP Lumira according to organization s standards SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Govern access to Lumira Desktop auto-updates, data sources and sharing Manage Lumira documents, datasets, and stories from BI platform Monitoring, auditing, lifecycle management support Schedule or refresh stories based on Universe Data lineage and impact analysis with SAP Information Steward View lineage between universe and Lumira stories and datasets Detect which Lumira artifacts are affected when universe is changed Lumira Server and Lumira Cloud Powered by SAP HANA Localized to 10 languages Mobile enabled 56

57 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 1.4 Context-Sensitive OLAP Functions New options for the end-user Excellent integration into the overall Office look & feel Define conditional formatting (formerly exceptions ) Define filter by measure (formerly conditions ) Define basic and dynamic calculations Excel commentary on data cells (kept in right place if crosstab changes) Write-back to BW-IP and Planning Application Kit for SAP HANA Pause refresh New hierarchy features Collapse into hierarchical structures ( display hierarchy ) Show/hide hierarchy levels Sort breaking hierarchies 57

58 Enrich Corporate Data with Personal Data thanks to SAP BW Workspaces Enable agile scenarios with self-service BI and IT governance Empower users to enrich corporate BW models with personal Excel data Available with BW 7.3/BW Accelerator 7.2 or BW powered by HANA Analysis for MS Office SAP BW Business Analysts IT Personal Excel Data 58

59 Mobilize Analysis with Interoperability to Design Studio Create a Design Studio application from Analysis A tab is created for each Analysis worksheet with crosstabs, charts, and filter controls 59

60 SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, edition for MSFT Office 1.4 OLAP analysis in Microsoft Excel Enhanced BI Platform Support Single Sign-On and LCM Save Analysis content as BI InfoObject (instead of Excel/PowerPoint format) Broadcasting via BI Platform Launch Query Designer Innovation Waterfall Charts Continuous Improvements Read mode, Versioned/time-dep hierarchies, de-/activate hierarchies, Data Refresh, Member selector for mass data (note ) See for more details on what s new in Analysis for Office

61 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio Key Features Design Studio 1.4 Drag and Drop in NavigationPanel & Navigation Panel Usability Context Menu in Crosstab Cell Locking (for Planning Apps) Report to Report Interface Script API Extensions & Global Functions Multi Language Support Enhanced Standard Analysis Template Online Composition of Apps & Bookmarking Data Source SDK Lumira (CVOM) SDK Real-time Streaming Fiori / sfin Integration New Partner Extensions 61

62 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 Panel Drag & Drop and Context Menu Drag & Drop for Navigation- and Filter Panel Intuitive navigation via drag & drop in navigation panel Designer can set drag & drop options in navigation panel properties Context menu Context menu For example: Sort, Display, Hierarchy, Totals, Filter, Change Drilldown, Attributes Report-Report Interface Jump to Drag&Drop within Navigation Panel New Components e.g. Checkbox Group, analog to Radiobutton Group plus Multi- Selection 62

63 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 RRI & Planning enhancement Report Report Interface With the RRI, it is possible to call a jump target online from an application during runtime. Queries, transactions, reports and Applications from different source systems can be jump targets, along with web addresses. Parameterization of the target action is taken from the drilldown of the cells from which you jump. New component Context Menu gives the designer full flexibility Cell lock Planning It is now possible to lock individual input-ready cells in an application for planning purposes During runtime you can now freeze one or more selected values while planning others. 63

64 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 Scripting Extensions Global Scripting Functions In complex application script code is called several times, Prior to 1.4, it was usually assigned to an invisible button. It is now possible to create any number of the new technical component type "Global Script Objects, which provides a grouping of global script functions. Easier building and maintanance of Applications. e.g. set visible and set CSS classes for such panels 64

65 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 Multi Language Support Multi Language Support Work with Design Studio Applications in native language Design Time is still English, DS Applications are fully translatable New component text pool to add translations centrally 65

66 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 Online Composition Fragment building blocks User Empowerment Users can now autonomously create BI Applications online Self-service approach eliminates the timeconsuming process of consulting with development for every little application change App Designer can determine the behavior and the degree to which apps can be modified and (re)-composed AppDesigners can create different online composition apps for different users & purposes Fragment Galleries store and display all the users personal, cross-application fragments End-users create a new personal layouts simply via Drag & Drop Fragment Gallery 66

67 Real Time / Data Streaming Design Studio 1.4 comes with a real time data extension package. This supports the ability to create visualisations with streaming data from ESP. (Push Use Case) DS Timer Component allows to pull data near real-time (regular updates 3/5 secs) from HANA or BW (Pull Use Case) Time based line charts with time axis scaling allow to better visualise data in real time whether that is streamed or pull based. Geo Maps will be supported for 1.4 as a CVOM extension and will use ERSI Note: SAP Event Stream Processor enables you to create and run your own complex event processing (CEP) applications to derive continuous intelligence from streaming event data in real time. 67

68 SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio 1.4 CVOM SDK Lumira (CVOM) SDK integration to Design Studio Build custom CVOM extensions once and use them both in Lumira and Design Studio. Application designers can use these chart components together with the components created with the Design Studio SDK and the standard components of Design Studio in their applications. 68

70 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.x SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Mobile and SAP BusinessObjects Mobile integrated into single application Listing of Information spaces and exploration view set with in home screen Listing of Personal Space and bookmarks Ability to launch exploration view set or information space This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time. 70

71 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.x Interactive Reports & Visualizations n Make informed decisions with instant access to personalized information n Leverage existing BI investments & skills to quickly reach mobile users n Ensure secure access to information across a range of devices n Receive alerts on critical events n Investigate problems and opportunities n Take immediate action 71

72 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.x Mobile Dashboards ipad gesture navigation Mobile compatibility panel and previews to enable easier design Author once and deliver to both desktop and ipad Support offline usage 72

73 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.x SAP BusinessObjects Explorer n Self-service, simple and fast n Smart search and explore n Augmented reality and locationbased analytics n Share insights with SAP Lumira n Access and explore big data 73

74 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 6.x Explorer - Location Based Analytics n Analytics and GPS technology via Google Maps n Visual map overlay on point-ofinterest data n Data overlay through on-device camera visuals n Next step exploration and analysis 74

75 Instant Insight for Decisions Makers SAP Lumira on your tablet Access and mash up data from multiple sources Explore and analyze with crisp HTML5 visualizations Storytelling with boards and infographics Easy to share and consume 75

76 SAP BusinessObjects Mobile 5.0+ SDK: Platform Customization SDK Font customizations Home screen customizations Default connections White labeling support Extension SDK Replacing Apple Map Viewers and extending Map capabilities Allow extending charts via extension SDK See for more details on what s new in the Mobile BI SDK. 76

77 Mobile BI SDK Available on service marketplace today Customize for your Business Customize the app launch screen Customize the app home screen 77

78 Introducing SAP Mobile Secure Data & Application Operating System Network & Connectivity Mobile Content Management Mobile App Management Mobile Device Management Secure Mobile Gateway Network Access Control Mobile App Security Data Loss Prevention Mobile App Reputation* * Future functionality Analysis Compliance Remediation Reporting In the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud Complete Enterprise Integration 78

79 SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence 3.1 SP6 FP 6.1 Web Intelligence is the way forward Scope DeskI Compatibility Pack (DCP) allows use of DeskI content in BI 4.1 using Desktop Intelligence 3.1 client SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1 SP6 FP6.1 will provide the Desktop Intelligence client the capability to connect to a BI 4.1 CMS SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1 EoL timelines are still applicable on Desktop Intelligence Key benefits Important and critical Desktop Intelligence documents can be stored in BI 4.1 Customers gain additional time to convert Desktop Intelligence documents while on BI 4.1 Reduced TCO, as customers can retire SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 3.1 completely See for an FAQ on the DeskI Compatibility Pack. 79

80 SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Summary of new features Oracle Exadata, Hive, Oracle OLAP, Oracle Essbase, Hadoop on Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Teradata 14, Teradata OLAP, OData, XML, Web Services Multi Source Universes Freehand SQL for WebI Simplified deployment and migration tools More Multi-tenancy features RTL in CR, WebI, Launchpad & Mobile SAP Lumira Integration Terminate Sessions Improved Lifecycle Management SUP 2.2 & SUP cloud support QR Code & Barcode Scan Support Android for WebI & Dashboards Enhanced SSO Support Enhanced Controls Single Sign-on Automatic universe generation on HANA views Crystal Reports direct access to Analytic & Calculated Views incl. hierarchies & variables Crystal Reports for Enterprise running Native on HANA Variable Variant Support (A OLAP, Design Studio) Publishing (A Office) Convert analysis to Mobile (A OLAP, A Office) Manual Entry for BW Variables in WebI / CR4E Offline mobile and desktop dashboards More visualizations RESTful Services, SL Authoring, WebI, Mobile, Mobile Dashboards, etc. 80

81 Key Links sapbusinessobjectsbi.com sap.com/learnbi sap.com/bivirtualization sap.com/bisizing service.sap.com/roadmap How to Select the Right BI Tool for Your Environment SAP s Release Strategy for Major Releases of SAP BusinessObjects BI Features by Version Matrix 81

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